As expansion technology continues to gain popularity, the battle lines are becoming more defined. Vladmir Campos takes a look back at the history of expansion technology and considers the major players in the current campaign for industry standard.

In this edition of his series on ebooks, Sam Kleinman looks at the art of writing with your Palm OS device, including a discussion of some of the best tools of the trade.

A new version of Palm Desktop is available with some cool enhancements to your PIM experience. Steve Niles has details of all the new features you’ll find.

Making sure your data is securely backed up is critical in any enterprise. Botzam, Inc. has addressed this important concern with a brand new product designed to provide you with backup and security protection. Steve Niles has selected Botzam Backup as July’s PalmPower Magazine Enterprise Edition Product of the Month.

In the pages of PalmPower’s Enterprise Edition, we’ve spent a lot of time discussing ways to synchronize Outlook with your Palm handheld. Some of the solutions we’ve presented could be considered quite complicated, but if all you need to do is synchronize your contact list, PDAssistant may be for you. Christopher Grant reviews this simple, inexpensive piece of software that will assist you in merging your Outlook and Palm Desktop contact lists.

In his third article in a series on using hacks to extend the power of your Palm handheld, Contributing Editor Michael Connick will introduce you to MegaWiki, a hack that allows you to create Web-like hyperlinks between data contained in the standard Palm OS applications, as well as a large number of common third-party Palm OS applications.

In the pages of PalmPower and PalmPower’s Enterprise Edition, we’ve talked a lot about synchronizing your Palm handheld with Outlook. The folks at Chapura are experienced in the field of Palm OS and Outlook synchronization and have released a new software program designed to let you manage virtually all your Outlook contact information through your Palm OS handheld. Steve Niles has details on this exciting new software called KeyContacts.

From a key spot at the National Education Computing Conference to a West Virginian program to provide educators statewide with the skills and strategies to help them teach in student-centered, high-technology classrooms, June was a big month for Palm in the field of education. Steve Niles has a summary of the recent announcements Palm made regarding its broader choices in mobile products for education.

As a consultant, Contributing Editor Stephen Vance finds his Palm m505 indispensable. In this article, he describes some of the tools and techniques he uses to support his consulting. If you’re a consultant, you’ll be fascinated to see how your Palm handheld can be used for hours tracking, email management, document editing, and reference.

Back in May we set up a forum on the PalmPower PowerBoards asking you to tell us what new features you’d like to see in the next version of the Palm OS. In this fun article, Steve Niles shares your ideas with the world.